Improvement in book-cover protectors



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BODK COVER-PROTECTOR.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JAMES MAHED Y, OF SPERRY, IOWA.

. IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK-COVER PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,956, datedSeptember 5, 1876; application filed August 3, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES MAHEDY, of Sperry,in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Book-Cover Protectors; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin book-cover protectors; and itconsists in the "arrangement and combination of straps or bands andcovers for the corners, as will be more fully described hereinafterwhereby the covers of books can be protected from injury Withoutcovering them wholly over.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention. v

A represents four corners or covers, which are intended to go over thecorners of a book, and which corners are joined together by the twohorizontal bands or straps O and the four vertical ones D E. The twobands E are arranged near together, one on each side of the center ofthe horizontal straps, so as to extend along down the inner edges of thecover. The covers A protect the four corners, while the three sets of.straps or bands 0 D E protect the sides and edges of the cover frominjury as it is being moved about either on the table or standing on itsshelf. One great advantage about this cover is, that it protects thebinding of the book in all those places where it is likely to get hurtor injured without covering it entirely up, thus hiding not.;9nly thename, but the style of binding. All the. parts of this protector may bemade of rubber, leather, or any other suitable material; or the covers Amay be made of sheet metal or other hard substance, and be joinedtogether by means of suitable connecting bands or straps of any flexiblematerial.

In order to keep the bands or straps .O in position the hooks 13, madeof any suitable material, are fastened thereto, so as to catch over theedge of the cover, as shown.

I claim as my invention A. book-cover protector composed of corners Aand connecting-straps, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

I JAMES MAHEDY.

Witnesses:

Gnsr. H. BERGSTEN, 0. .W. OWEN.

